direction. >>> new jersey election on tuesday, chris christie looks poised to win. he spoke to my colleague kelly o'donnell last night. >> in talking about your thoughts of what happens tuesday and what it means down the road, it sounds like you're planning for a message beyond new jersey. is that a fair assessment, listening to you today? >> i'm not planning for it, i just think it's inevitable. people look at elections and they try to discern things from them about what they mean at that moment and what they mean for the future. and i think that what people are going to see is so unusual for what our party has created in the last couple of years that in variably people will draw lessons from it and i hope they do. >> when people talk about the romney lessons the last time around, does that plant seeds of concern? >> no, because anything in the book was from the 2009 campaign and it will be litigated in the future, i understand that. the fact is these are just two guys trying to sell a book. let's not forget that. they sensationalize things, they have a low-level s